Each BCS Head Coach's Most Important Assistant

While head coaches all over college football get most of the credit, the assistants are the ones doing a lot of the work. Some coaches may have more assistants to choose from than others, but every BCS head coach has an assistant he considers to be his most important.

Some of these talented assistants are new to the coaching game, and nearly ready to step up into a head coaching role, while others are former head coaches finishing up an already successful career.

No matter what team it is, there are assistant coaches who are relied on heavily to do an excellent job.

Here is the most important assistant coach on every BCS team, in alphabetical order.

Georgia Bulldogs: Todd Grantham, Defensive Coordinator

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According to Derrick Gunn of CSN, there is news surrounding Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham concerning the Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator job. For right now, though, he is still with the Bulldogs.

Grantham was in the NFL from 1999-2009 and could find a job there again soon. Over the past three seasons, he has been the defensive coordinator for Georgia.

He has already been a coordinator for the Cleveland Browns and is relied on heavily by Mark Richt to run the very talented Georgia defense.

Iowa Hawkeyes: Reese Morgan, Defensive Line

Reese Morgan has been a staple at Iowa for 14 years now but spent most of them tutoring the offensive line.

He switched to the defensive line last season in rather surprising fashion.

During his time coaching the offensive line, he has helped produce some of the most talented linemen in the country, including the likes of Riley Reiff, Bryan Bulaga, Robert Gallery, Eric Steinbach and many others.

The local guy symbolizes Iowa more than any other coach in the program.

Kansas Jayhawks: Rob Ianello, Recruiting Coordinator, Wide Receivers

Rob Ianello is, perhaps, best known for his two seasons as the Akron head coach. Even though his teams only went a combined 2-22 during that time, he is now a part of the Kansas staff and will bring valuable experience.

He will help head coach Charlie Weis with the recruiting responsibilities and will be beneficial to have for the Jayhawks.

No doubt, he is overqualified for the position, as he served as the interim head coach at Notre Dame between Charlie Weis and Brian Kelly.

Oregon Ducks: Nick Aliotti, Defensive Coordinator

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Nick Alioti certainly does not have an easy job by any stretch of the imagination. Even though the Oregon offense puts up enough points to make any defensive coordinator happy, they certainly do not make it easy on the defense by scoring so quick.

Then again, he has had plenty of time to get used to it, having served as the defensive coordinator in Eugene since 1999.

He has had a very successful coaching tenure and did an amazing job in 2012, helping to lead Oregon to a Fiesta Bowl victory over Kansas State.

Penn State Nittany Lions: Stan Hixon, Wide Receivers

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Stan Hixon has been all over the place during his coaching tenure, and before arriving at Penn State in 2012, he was the wide receivers coach for the Washington Redskins from 2004-2010 and the Buffalo Bills from 2010-2012.

He had a major impact for head coach Bill O'Brien in the passing game and helped in the development of wide receiver Allen Robinson.

At the collegiate level, he has also coached South Carolina, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and LSU. There's plenty of experience with this guy.

South Florida Bulls: Walt Wells, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line

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Walt Wells is in his first year on the South Florida staff after spending 10 seasons at Western Kentucky.

He came over from the Hilltoppers with new Bulls head coach Willie Taggart. Even though he has never served in the offensive coordinator role at the FBS level, Taggart obviously has a lot of trust in him, by giving him the position at a Big East school.

Derek Mason took over the defensive coordinator position at Stanford when current head coach Derek Mason was promoted to his position in 2011.

Before that he served as the secondary coach in 2010. Last season, Mason was the man behind a defense that was one of the best in the country, only allowing 17.2 points a game which ranked 11th in the country.

Mason has served all over the country as he has spent time at Utah, St. Mary's College, New Mexico State, Ohio and a stint in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings.

Texas A&M Aggies: Mark Snyder,Defensive Coordinator

Mark Snyder is a very talented defensive coordinator who has quickly helped turn Texas A&M into a very talented defense.

He arrived at Texas A&M in 2012. Head coach Kevin Sumlin brought him in to run the defense, and he did not disappoint in his first season.

Before his arrival in College Station, he was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at South Florida. Snyder has also spent time at Central Florida, Youngstown State, Minnesota, Ohio State and Marshall.

Utah Utes: Brian Johnson, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

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Brian Johnson was an excellent player just a few years ago at Utah, as he led the Utes to a 2009 Sugar Bowl victory over Alabama and a 13-0 season.

After graduating from Utah, he jumped right into the coaching ranks and has quickly moved up. During his first two seasons, he was the quarterbacks coach in Utah before being promoted to offensive coordinator for the 2012 season.

At only 25 years of age, he is well on his way to being an extremely young head coach a few years from now. Head coach Kyle Whittingham has a good one in Johnson.

Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer has made a few changes to his coaching staff, including the hiring of Scot Loeffler as his offensive coordinator.

Loeffler has quickly moved up the coaching ranks since he was a graduate assistant at Michigan in 1996. He then became the quarterbacks coach at Central Michigan, Michigan, in the NFL with the Lions and at Florida.

In 2011, he became the Temple offensive coordinator and assumed the same role in 2012 with Auburn.

He is very important to Beamer because of the impact he could have on talented quarterback Logan Thomas.